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i know chris christie tends to root for the underdog like a lot of americans. i'm actually kind of hoping mitt will do well in the debates. i hate seeing people humiliate themselves. i'm hoping for at least a decent performance from mitt romney. whether or not it will turn things around, you know, i think people have been talking about it all day, debates tend to not completely reverse the course of things. they tend to either entrench a narrative or just make things kind of tighten up a little bit. i don't think we're going to see those polls turn upside down as chris christie said. >> anna marie, the romney campaign is distributing leaflets promising the people of virginia that he will crack down on lyme disease. now, this is another example of the bold leadership they promise that they would take on the big issues. forget about explaining how their economic plan would work and what deductions and loopholes they'd close. there's a focus here on lyme disease. can you explain that? >> well, this is not the kind of small bore detail we were hoping for, is it, ma
i know chris christie tends to root for the underdog like a lot of americans. i'm actually kind of hoping mitt will do well in the debates. i hate seeing people humiliate themselves. i'm hoping for at least a decent performance from mitt romney. whether or not it will turn things around, you know, i think people have been talking about it all day, debates tend to not completely reverse the course of things. they tend to either entrench a narrative or just make things kind of tighten up a little...
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instead of punching a national message, romney seems to be making the parochial argument. yesterday in virginia, warned an american legion audience that devastating job losses were coming if congress and the president go through with the defense cuts called sequestration. >> the impact will be immediate and significant here in virginia. 136,000 jobs will be lost in virginia as a result of this move. >> and though romney wanted to focus on defense cuts, he couldn't avoid questions on the 47% comment. he was forced to defend himself in a series of local television interviews. >> is there a clarification you would offer to voters about what you meant? >> my campaign is about 100% of americans. my whole effort in running for president is to help those people that are struggling the most. this campaign and frankly my presidency if i become president is about helping people in the middle class have a better chance of making ends meet. >> of course, the president is hammering romney on the 47% remark. he is on the air with the third ad on the comment and it is brutal. it is the s
instead of punching a national message, romney seems to be making the parochial argument. yesterday in virginia, warned an american legion audience that devastating job losses were coming if congress and the president go through with the defense cuts called sequestration. >> the impact will be immediate and significant here in virginia. 136,000 jobs will be lost in virginia as a result of this move. >> and though romney wanted to focus on defense cuts, he couldn't avoid questions on...
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mitt romney could be dancing around his decisions but if you want to be president you owe the american people the truth. >> that is the mathematics of the issues and we cannot afford to go down that road again. we cannot afford more budget cuts and tax cuts for the wealthy and cutting education or clean energy, research, technology. wall street reformation or big cuts for insurance. we cannot double down on the same top down economics i got this in this mess. that is not a plan to create jobs or grow the of economy. that is what we do not want to do that did not work and we're not going to go back, we want to go forward (cheers & applause) i have a different view on how we can create jobs and los prosperity. >> you can see that president obama is out there with his critics critics, and even his supporters. perhaps the feedback has been coming back perhaps it is a mixture. good? bad. >> james, overall the polls show that most people that watched the debate thought that mitt romney was the clear winner. and from our facebook fan page this is what you said. and this is what in ma neath in
mitt romney could be dancing around his decisions but if you want to be president you owe the american people the truth. >> that is the mathematics of the issues and we cannot afford to go down that road again. we cannot afford more budget cuts and tax cuts for the wealthy and cutting education or clean energy, research, technology. wall street reformation or big cuts for insurance. we cannot double down on the same top down economics i got this in this mess. that is not a plan to create...
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in a speech delivered last november, he said 30% of americans want to live off the government. today, 70% of americans get more benefit from the federal government and a payback in taxes. you could argue we are already passed a tipping point. the good news is, survey after survey, poll after poll, still shows we are a center-right country. 70% of americans won the american dream. only 30% want the welfare state. what that tells us is, at least half of those people currently in that category are there not of their wish or will. >> new video has surfaced of embattled missouri congressmember and republican senate candidate tod achan calling abortion doctors terrorists and accusing them of providing abortions to women who are not pregnant. akin made the comments in a speech. >> who wants to be at the very bottom of the food chain and a medical profession, abortionists. what sort of places to these doctors working in? places that are a pit. along with the culture of death are also of cultures of not following sanitary procedure, giving abortions to women who are not pregnant, cheati
in a speech delivered last november, he said 30% of americans want to live off the government. today, 70% of americans get more benefit from the federal government and a payback in taxes. you could argue we are already passed a tipping point. the good news is, survey after survey, poll after poll, still shows we are a center-right country. 70% of americans won the american dream. only 30% want the welfare state. what that tells us is, at least half of those people currently in that category are...
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only 30% of americans now think that mitt romney can actually win this thing. so i guess it's up to mitt romney. the only way he can win it is to beat the hell out of barack obama in the first dpe bait. really? we'll talk about that and a whole lot more here on the "full court press," but first today's current news update. >> good morning, everyone. less than six weeks to go and political advertisers are out in full force. mitt romney is going direct to camera in his new appeal to the middle class. >> president obama and i both care abouter poor and middle class families the difference is my policies will make things better for them. >> he goes on to say his policies would create 12 million jobs over the next four years. but in fact checkers say those jobs would happen no matter who is president. americans for job security is out warning voters in six swing states about the consequences of reelecting the president. and with todd akin officially staying in the race claire mccaskill is gearing up her campaign attacking his legitimate rape marks. and we have to sh
only 30% of americans now think that mitt romney can actually win this thing. so i guess it's up to mitt romney. the only way he can win it is to beat the hell out of barack obama in the first dpe bait. really? we'll talk about that and a whole lot more here on the "full court press," but first today's current news update. >> good morning, everyone. less than six weeks to go and political advertisers are out in full force. mitt romney is going direct to camera in his new appeal...
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>> president obama and mitt romney face-to-face as american voters weigh their choice. the first presidential debate starting wednesday night october 3rd, watch it live at 7:00 eastern time on cnn and cnn.com. >> a group of fishermen lucky to be alive after their boat capsized. their dramatic rescue was caught on tape. a tropical storm overturned their shrimping vessel off mexico's coast. they were thrown into the rough water there. but all eight of them managed to cling on to the rope before they were hauled to safety. one had to be treated for taking in too much water. the rest just lucky to walk away with a few bumps and bruises. >>> closer to home, a rescue of a different kind. a hiker had to be air lifted out of a canyon after slipping off the edge of a walterfall in a georgia state park. the 22-year-old suffered broken bones in the lower part of his body. >>> today, ten miles of one of the busiest freeways in america closed, and people in los angeles are calling it carmageddon two. last summer, drivers feared a similar closure on interstate 405, that it could caus
>> president obama and mitt romney face-to-face as american voters weigh their choice. the first presidential debate starting wednesday night october 3rd, watch it live at 7:00 eastern time on cnn and cnn.com. >> a group of fishermen lucky to be alive after their boat capsized. their dramatic rescue was caught on tape. a tropical storm overturned their shrimping vessel off mexico's coast. they were thrown into the rough water there. but all eight of them managed to cling on to the...
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i mean, this is romney's chance. >> sure. >> to connect with the american people. >> to pick up on mike's point, fascinating number from the poll is this. 51% of people who said they had heard or read something about romney in the last couple weeks said what they had heard or read made them think more negatively about him. more positively, that number was 48%. they've heard him going into this debate. this provides them a chance to say, listen, that guy you saw in the video, that's not me. i'm a different type of person. he can reset in that sense. i'm sort of with al on this. i spent a lot of time over the past week watching all of romney's debates from 2002. i watched every single debate. there were five of them. i read hundreds of clips in 2002. he was against a democrat. >> you really should get a life. >> i know, it's pathetic. >> i was going to say, and what makes it worse is how young he is. dude, if i were your age, i might be looking at c-span repeats. >> if i'm going to present myself as pathetic as i am, i'll make this point. >> make it fast. you're too much of a loser. >> he d
i mean, this is romney's chance. >> sure. >> to connect with the american people. >> to pick up on mike's point, fascinating number from the poll is this. 51% of people who said they had heard or read something about romney in the last couple weeks said what they had heard or read made them think more negatively about him. more positively, that number was 48%. they've heard him going into this debate. this provides them a chance to say, listen, that guy you saw in the video,...
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romney: "it's time to stand up to the cheaters" vo: tough on china? not mitt romney. when a flood of chinese tires threatened a thousand american jobs... itas president obama who stood up to china and protected american workers. mitt romney attacked obama's decision... said standing up to china was "bad for the nation and our workers." how can mitt romney take on the cheaters... when he's taking their side? >>> it is 21 minutes past the hour. as the candidates continue to prepare for the big debate tonight, a tape surfaces, one that tucker carlson's conservative website the daily caller bills as obama's other race speech. a clip. >> it is quiet riots that take place every day are born from the same place as the fires and the destruction and the police decked out in riot gear and deaths. they happen when a sense of disconnect settles in and hope dissipates. despair takes hold and young people all across the country look at the way the world is and they believe that things are never going to get better. >> carlson called this a bombshell, but a little reality here, this
romney: "it's time to stand up to the cheaters" vo: tough on china? not mitt romney. when a flood of chinese tires threatened a thousand american jobs... itas president obama who stood up to china and protected american workers. mitt romney attacked obama's decision... said standing up to china was "bad for the nation and our workers." how can mitt romney take on the cheaters... when he's taking their side? >>> it is 21 minutes past the hour. as the candidates...
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cliff, allow middle-class taxpayers to go over the cliff unless they get tax relief for people mitt romney. their position is becoming clear to the american people and untenable. >> let me add to that. a year ago, the republicans held hostage raising the debt ceiling which would mean paying our obligations, wounding our credit rating, they are standing at around the world. the president did not want to let that happen, a grand compromise. th finall, to get the job done on time, -- and finally, to get the job done on time, we will have some sequestrations'. spending on the defense side and on the domestic side that would be so awful, the super committee would do something smart to avoid that because no one would want that to happen. here we are, facing the likelihood of all of these things going into effect. if the super committee could not work out the differences, it should not mean that congress should stop trying or kick it over until after the election. we have very little time to work. speaker boehner said when the bill was passed, he was delighted because he got everything he wanted.
cliff, allow middle-class taxpayers to go over the cliff unless they get tax relief for people mitt romney. their position is becoming clear to the american people and untenable. >> let me add to that. a year ago, the republicans held hostage raising the debt ceiling which would mean paying our obligations, wounding our credit rating, they are standing at around the world. the president did not want to let that happen, a grand compromise. th finall, to get the job done on time, -- and...
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mitt romney has not done that. tonight offers him an opportunity to do that. he's got 90 minutes to clarify some comments that he's made recently, some policies that are left open, some tax cuts that he won't say how he's going to pay for, and we're very much look forward to this. >> you're looking to plan to press him for specifics. turning that on you. will the president offer specifics on how he plans to rejuvenate the economy and why he thinks he'll be more successful in a next four years than he was able to be in the first four years? >> i think you'll hear him talk about the past four years and what we've been able to do to right the economy. remember, when the president took office we were losing 100,000 jobs a month. now we've created more than 5 million jobs over the past years with 30 straight months of growth. >> let me stop you right there. the president has said what he wants to do but what he hasn't said is why he'll be more successful politically if the makeup of congress stays exactly the same. >> well, i think he actually, savannah, he has tal
mitt romney has not done that. tonight offers him an opportunity to do that. he's got 90 minutes to clarify some comments that he's made recently, some policies that are left open, some tax cuts that he won't say how he's going to pay for, and we're very much look forward to this. >> you're looking to plan to press him for specifics. turning that on you. will the president offer specifics on how he plans to rejuvenate the economy and why he thinks he'll be more successful in a next four...
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under the president's policies, middle-income americans have been buried. they're, they're just being crushed. i will not under any circumstances raise taxes on middle-income families. >> reporter: but the president said his rival doesn't have the right solutions and that romney can't keep his goal of cutting taxes and not adding to the deficit without hurting the middle-class. >> now, five weeks before the election he is saying his big bold idea is never mind. >> reporter: the debate later turned to the president's health care law which romney says he will get rid of if elected. >> it cuts $716 billion from medicare to pay for it. i want to put that money back in medicare. it has killed jobs. >> reporter: but the president tried to bring it back to romney's own health care law which he says is quite similar. >> governor romney did a good thing working with democrats in the state to set up what is essentially the identical model. it hasn't destroyed jobs. >> reporter: there were few fireworks and there were even fewer surprises. both candidates were deliber
under the president's policies, middle-income americans have been buried. they're, they're just being crushed. i will not under any circumstances raise taxes on middle-income families. >> reporter: but the president said his rival doesn't have the right solutions and that romney can't keep his goal of cutting taxes and not adding to the deficit without hurting the middle-class. >> now, five weeks before the election he is saying his big bold idea is never mind. >> reporter:...
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american crossroads, 59, restore our future, 41, americans for prosperity, 36. those are the top three, all those republican. then you have the 22.7 for the dnc, 21.8 for the rnc, 17.5 for the rnc mitt romney committee. four of those five are republican entities. barack obama has had a lot of money, too. i am not trying to blow past that. obviously, the obama campaign has had a tremendous amount of money. when you lookwhen you look at t, it is very clear republicans have dominated. we store our future has spent $87 million. $87 million. crossroads, 30 voted overall. after that, " provost. these are massive amounts of money and the cycle. i just think it is what it is. it is a reality we are dealing with. it is why we are here today to talk about in the very difficult thing for campaigns to deal with. >> an important point to make, when looking at the practical matter of the campaign, president obama campaign is outspending pretty significantly mayor ronnie on television. with the outside groups, if you aggregate the president's and groups on the left, it is mitt
american crossroads, 59, restore our future, 41, americans for prosperity, 36. those are the top three, all those republican. then you have the 22.7 for the dnc, 21.8 for the rnc, 17.5 for the rnc mitt romney committee. four of those five are republican entities. barack obama has had a lot of money, too. i am not trying to blow past that. obviously, the obama campaign has had a tremendous amount of money. when you lookwhen you look at t, it is very clear republicans have dominated. we store our...
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. >> mitt romney campaigning in ohio this week. he spoke repeatedly about his empathy for struggling americans. i want to take a listen, and then we'll talk about it on the other side. take a listen. >> i've been across this country. my heartaches for the people i've seen. i think the president cares about the people of america. i care about all the people in america. but i know how to help the people of america. we have people that are hurting. we have people who are disabled and people who are poor. they need our help, and they receive our help. we're a charitable people. >> we are a charitable people, karen. is this compassionate conservatism 2.0? >> oh, of course. because mitt romney cares so much about those people over there. are you kidding me? come on. in particularly, he was in ohio, which is actually doing fairly well, much better than the national average. and one of the biggest issues in ohio was not only their are labor issues where mitt romney was on the wrong side, so there are in any number of issues. the auto bailo
. >> mitt romney campaigning in ohio this week. he spoke repeatedly about his empathy for struggling americans. i want to take a listen, and then we'll talk about it on the other side. take a listen. >> i've been across this country. my heartaches for the people i've seen. i think the president cares about the people of america. i care about all the people in america. but i know how to help the people of america. we have people that are hurting. we have people who are disabled and...
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three presidential debates and one of the next this has never happened before in american politics. it basically turns october into the big surprise of a run on debate serial tv reality presidential television next couple weeks, shep. carl cammeron in boston. fox report in denver or scheduled to be for the debate next wednesday. and bret baier and megyn kelly are scheduled to anchor our coverage during prime time. that's this coming wednesday night just before 9:00 eastern time. just before 7:00 in the mountain time zone right here on fox news channel. well, an iranian news agency ran a story reporting rural white americans would rather vote for iran's president ahmadinejad than president obama. it plagiarized the story from an american source. of course, that source was the satirical newspaper the onion. the onion article reads and i quote: i like him better, said west virginia resident dale along with 77% of rural caucasian voters confirmed he would much rather go to a baseball game or beer with ahmadinejad, a man repeatedly denied the holocaust and has had numerous political pris
three presidential debates and one of the next this has never happened before in american politics. it basically turns october into the big surprise of a run on debate serial tv reality presidential television next couple weeks, shep. carl cammeron in boston. fox report in denver or scheduled to be for the debate next wednesday. and bret baier and megyn kelly are scheduled to anchor our coverage during prime time. that's this coming wednesday night just before 9:00 eastern time. just before...
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. >> governor romney, they have said that he's practiced zingers and lines for moves and months and months. >> i think the president's view is he's not worried about zingers and lines, he's got time with the american people to explain to them his case for re-election, about what he wants to do on the economy. >> it's interesting, you just played the tape of the president striding across the south lawn, he got on marine 1. he's wheels up for nevada, a three-day debate camp there. he'll start with a grass roots event, so much emphasis now on motivating especially young people. he's got an event in henderson, nevada for three years. it's a debate camp and by all accounts it's going to be very intensive. you played david plouffe there and talking about the zingers and bluffs. both sides trying to emphasize their -- you remember those moments,ing the body language, the gestures, the jokes and the one liners. one of the iron anies here, nevada very instructive for the president, this whole paradox, one person called it, the president is defying gravity. nevada a swing state t president up by two
. >> governor romney, they have said that he's practiced zingers and lines for moves and months and months. >> i think the president's view is he's not worried about zingers and lines, he's got time with the american people to explain to them his case for re-election, about what he wants to do on the economy. >> it's interesting, you just played the tape of the president striding across the south lawn, he got on marine 1. he's wheels up for nevada, a three-day debate camp...
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tonight, iran's news agency steals a story from an american paper. the problem is that paper was the onion. all satire. so guess how that went. plus, managing expectations before the big presidential debate. >> the president is obviously a very eloquent, gifted speaker. >> mitt romney, i think, has an advantage because he has been through 20 of these debates through the primaries. >> shepard: tonight, how both men are preparing for their first faceoff in prime time. >> plus, signals the syrian regime is is shifting its chemical weapons. >> there has been some intelligence that with regards to some of these sites that there has been some movement. >> important because, remember this? >> a red line for us is we start seeing a whole bunch of chemical weapons moving around or being utilized. >> shepard: so now what? and a plane headed toward mount every rest reportedly hits a bird and goes down hard. >> when the plane initially crashed, there were still people inside alive and screaming out for help. >> shepard: tonight, disaster near the top of the worl
tonight, iran's news agency steals a story from an american paper. the problem is that paper was the onion. all satire. so guess how that went. plus, managing expectations before the big presidential debate. >> the president is obviously a very eloquent, gifted speaker. >> mitt romney, i think, has an advantage because he has been through 20 of these debates through the primaries. >> shepard: tonight, how both men are preparing for their first faceoff in prime time. >>...
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come face to face as american voters weigh their voice. the first presidential debate starts wednesday night, october 3rd and you can watch it right here, live, 7:00 eastern, cnn. also cnn.com. >>> and there are many ways to find a groom for your daughter. but a hong kong billionaire has come up with a very unique and lucrative proposal he is sure will attract many offers of marriage. that's one smart board. what else does it do, reverse gravity? [ laughs ] [ laughs ] [ whooshing ] tell me about it. why am i not going anywhere? you don't believe hard enough. a smarter way to shop around. now that's progressive. call or click today. [ grunting ] trick question. i love everything about this country! including prilosec otc. you know one pill each morning treats your frequent heartburn so you can enjoy all this great land of ours has to offer like demolition derbies. and drive thru weddings. so if you're one of those people who gets heartburn and then treats day after day, block the acid with prilosec otc and don't get heartburn in the first p
come face to face as american voters weigh their voice. the first presidential debate starts wednesday night, october 3rd and you can watch it right here, live, 7:00 eastern, cnn. also cnn.com. >>> and there are many ways to find a groom for your daughter. but a hong kong billionaire has come up with a very unique and lucrative proposal he is sure will attract many offers of marriage. that's one smart board. what else does it do, reverse gravity? [ laughs ] [ laughs ] [ whooshing ]...
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it killed, of course, four americans including our u.s. ambassador. why some were already raising red flags about security and claim they were just being ignored. former secretary of defense don rumsfeld will join us on the story. >>> and new questions about whether you can just keep your doctor or even keep your insurance. the new report out on two major u.s. employers launching a radical change to employee insurance plans. >> if you like your doctor, you will be able to keep your doctor. period. if you like your health care plan, you will be able to keep your health care plan. period. [applause] no one will take it away. no matter what. [ woman ] ring. ring. progresso. in what world do potatoes, bacon and cheese add up to 100 calories? your world. ♪ [ whispers ] real bacon... creamy cheese... 100 calories... [ chef ] ma'am [ male announcer ] progresso. you gotta taste this soup. or annuity over 10 or even 20 years? call imperial structured settlements. the experts at imperial can convert your long-term payout into a lump sum of cash today. alisyn:
it killed, of course, four americans including our u.s. ambassador. why some were already raising red flags about security and claim they were just being ignored. former secretary of defense don rumsfeld will join us on the story. >>> and new questions about whether you can just keep your doctor or even keep your insurance. the new report out on two major u.s. employers launching a radical change to employee insurance plans. >> if you like your doctor, you will be able to keep...
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refusal to be frank with the american people about what happened. complete failure to explain the growing terrorist threat we face. >> gregg: governor romney went on to criticize the president for turning down a face-to-face meeting with netanyahu while netanyahu visited the u.s. at the u.n. general assembly. >>> radical islamic groups, more than 15,000 flooding the streets in karachi, pakistan, demanded expulsion of the u.s. ambassador because of the film insuiting prophet mohammed. despite no protesters having seen the movie only those with access to youtube could see the trailer to the film. religious students and clerics protesting in tehran. they held up copies of the qur'an and chanted "death to america." the iranian government blocked all access to youtube after the trailer hit the internet. >> gregg: u.s. embassy in egypt reporting new security threat, message on is website says, the embassy has credible information suggesting terrorist' interests in targeting u.s. female missionaries in egypt, accordingly u.s. citizens should exercise vigil
refusal to be frank with the american people about what happened. complete failure to explain the growing terrorist threat we face. >> gregg: governor romney went on to criticize the president for turning down a face-to-face meeting with netanyahu while netanyahu visited the u.s. at the u.n. general assembly. >>> radical islamic groups, more than 15,000 flooding the streets in karachi, pakistan, demanded expulsion of the u.s. ambassador because of the film insuiting prophet...
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people, mitt romney's allies recirculated video of the 2007 event that was open to and extennively covered by the press at the time. >> and romney's camp responded to this saying they had absolutely no involvement, the communications director said i don't know what the news is. i didn't even really see a point as to why the video was released. again it was because -- this video came out -- this happened five years ago. it was previously unreported, some of the remarks because not all of the networks were there. and what was reported was just snippets and prepared remarks from obama's campaign. >> right. that's why it has kind of come out now. as any of you who watch the show. i lived in new orleans. lived there ten years. through hurricane katrina. and you know, just from, speak on the new orleans example for a second, obviously a lot of play. but one, beyond the race, the magnitude of what happened, 90% of the city under water, coupled with bad politics, between the mayor, governor, governor and president, all that played a role, i think, in some of the reprehensible scenes you saw after
people, mitt romney's allies recirculated video of the 2007 event that was open to and extennively covered by the press at the time. >> and romney's camp responded to this saying they had absolutely no involvement, the communications director said i don't know what the news is. i didn't even really see a point as to why the video was released. again it was because -- this video came out -- this happened five years ago. it was previously unreported, some of the remarks because not all of...
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but polls show that now americans, as you mentioned, tend to assign more blame to bush than to obama when it comes to that issue. 68% say bush should get a great deal or moderate amount of blame. 52% say the same thing about obama. did the romney campaign just, did they fail to take this into account, or did they just fail to address it properly? >> i think it's both, actually, right? i think that in the -- among a lot of republicans who supported george bush fervently in the first term and when he was popular, the disasters that befell the country during his term are something that caused a kind of cognitive dissidence, and you just really don't want to deal with it. so i think that there was -- i mean, i don't know, i'm not in the romney campaign, but i just have to think that had they factored in this problem in their strategy, in an johnson way, they might have been able to neutralize it. it's very late in the game to do that now. >> over and over, president obama has accused governor romney and congressman ryan of doubling down on president bu bush's policies. take a listen. >>
but polls show that now americans, as you mentioned, tend to assign more blame to bush than to obama when it comes to that issue. 68% say bush should get a great deal or moderate amount of blame. 52% say the same thing about obama. did the romney campaign just, did they fail to take this into account, or did they just fail to address it properly? >> i think it's both, actually, right? i think that in the -- among a lot of republicans who supported george bush fervently in the first term...
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worked at american motors. i had a lot of respect for george romney. >> stephanie: yeah. a lot of people did. my dad worked with george romney. >> caller: yes and i hate to say it but i was leaning toward being a republican back in those days. i liked your dad. even goldwater. i think goldwater would be able to get into the rep -- wouldn't be able to get into the republican party right now. >> stephanie: no sir, he would not. >> caller: it rankles me when he talks about the 47% because in 1967, i didn't pay any income taxes because i was in a combat unit in vietnam. >> stephanie: uh, yeah, exactly. there was another poll out the other day we were saying, a lot of those common wisdom -- you know all veterans are going to vote republican. it is not holding true in a lot of the polls. i don't know that that's true. veterans are -- blah, blah, blah. >> it is interesting when you see -- the aarp has a very good get out the vote mechanic. and you can disenfranchise hispanics by their name. you can go through a list of possible voters and pick out the ones that are hispanic. you
worked at american motors. i had a lot of respect for george romney. >> stephanie: yeah. a lot of people did. my dad worked with george romney. >> caller: yes and i hate to say it but i was leaning toward being a republican back in those days. i liked your dad. even goldwater. i think goldwater would be able to get into the rep -- wouldn't be able to get into the republican party right now. >> stephanie: no sir, he would not. >> caller: it rankles me when he talks about...
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who waged the attacks instead of condemning them and making a "apology for american principles." we fact checked that, and we pointed out that neither an unofficial statement from the cairo embassy nor statements from secretary of state hillary clinton nor obama's own statement contained any sympathy for the attackers if you read the plain language of them. the administration's condemnation of religious incitement on the anti-muslim from did not come anywhere close to being an apology by any definition. i have a feeling that romney stands ready to apply this overly broad definition of apology at any opportunity in the debates or during the endgame of the campaign. >> thank you, jim. before i make my own prediction, i want to know something kind of remarkable happening in the last couple of days. both candidates have been asked and referred to fact checking, their reaction to it. we have a clip of what president obama said in a "60 minutes," interview. it was put up on the website of cbs. it was kind of interesting. >> the fact checkers have had problems with the ads on both sides
who waged the attacks instead of condemning them and making a "apology for american principles." we fact checked that, and we pointed out that neither an unofficial statement from the cairo embassy nor statements from secretary of state hillary clinton nor obama's own statement contained any sympathy for the attackers if you read the plain language of them. the administration's condemnation of religious incitement on the anti-muslim from did not come anywhere close to being an apology...
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romney and mr. ryan are saying about obama and bided our true and medicare, why would the american medical association and doris our policy? why would the american hospital association and most important, why would aarp endorse this? [applause] that have no credibility. on this issue. secondly, what they don't tell you is equally important to what they tell you. they don't tell you what they would do about medicare. the first thing they would do if they took the action they are proposing to take were they to win, you would eliminate the new benefits, $800 more for prescription drugs, which visits, it would also move medicare trust fund insolvency to 2016, three years from now. the third the is what they don't want to talk about. they don't want to tell you they are for medicare. they are for a voucher-care. they say it will affect anybody on medicare now. it will not kick in for 10 years. if you are 55 years old, it will kick in. a couple of years ago, the intellectual right laid down a proposal --
romney and mr. ryan are saying about obama and bided our true and medicare, why would the american medical association and doris our policy? why would the american hospital association and most important, why would aarp endorse this? [applause] that have no credibility. on this issue. secondly, what they don't tell you is equally important to what they tell you. they don't tell you what they would do about medicare. the first thing they would do if they took the action they are proposing to...
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the obama campaign is fighting back saying romney's allies are just trying to distract from romney's secretly taped remarks about 47% of americans who don't pay federal income taxes. and can you watch tonight's debate live starting at 9:00 eastern, 6:00 pacific right here on nbc. >>> former penn state graduate assistant mike mcqueary has filed suit against the university for defamation and misrepresentation. mcqueary's account that he witnessed jerry sandusky showering with a boy back in 2001 helped bring the charges that led to the former assistant football coach's conviction. mcqueary is seeking millions in damages allege the university mistreated him after the sexual abuse scandal surfaced. sandusky is not commenting on the complaint. >>> the latest search for jimmy hoffa has turned up nothing but dirt. police were searching a backyard in suburban detroit where a credible tipster told them a man, possibly the long missing former teamsters boss, had been buried some 37 years ago. soil samples gathered at the site turned up no traces of hoffa or any other human remains. hoffa was la
the obama campaign is fighting back saying romney's allies are just trying to distract from romney's secretly taped remarks about 47% of americans who don't pay federal income taxes. and can you watch tonight's debate live starting at 9:00 eastern, 6:00 pacific right here on nbc. >>> former penn state graduate assistant mike mcqueary has filed suit against the university for defamation and misrepresentation. mcqueary's account that he witnessed jerry sandusky showering with a boy back...
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kerry is playing romney during the mock debates with the president. the team is hunkering down to get the president ready. romney is campaigning in denver today with a stop with the wings over the rockies museum. paul ryan is at a rally in iowa. early voting in iowa is now underway. a washington post poll out this morning shows 63% of registered voters expect president obama to win reelection and a washington times zombie poll has the president with a pretty good lead. more coming up after the break. stay with us. you're about to watch an ad message created by a current tv viewer for capella university. matter. education is the key. it is the vehicle. it's the way in which we evolve. every journey is different every possibility is unique. but the beginning, the beginning is my craft. i'm an ordinary person striving to achieve extraordinary things. it started with a dream and i'm on my way there. [ ♪ theme ♪ ] >> announcer: broadcasting >> broadcasting across the nation on your radio and on current t.v., this is the bill press show. now filling in
kerry is playing romney during the mock debates with the president. the team is hunkering down to get the president ready. romney is campaigning in denver today with a stop with the wings over the rockies museum. paul ryan is at a rally in iowa. early voting in iowa is now underway. a washington post poll out this morning shows 63% of registered voters expect president obama to win reelection and a washington times zombie poll has the president with a pretty good lead. more coming up after the...
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people to see a lot or go for one i think both of them clearly, mitt romney became fired up and ready to go as somebody might say and obama almost look like george h. w. bush checking his watch. >> i don't think we saw the same debate. i don't think it -- i don't think the precedence demeanor was especially whatever, checked out. he talked longer than mitt romney so clearly he was engage. >> no look, i think why the analysis of the debate is the way it is, from my perspective, not so much as the president -- he did fine. there were moments that he did really well and there were some moments where both candidates did well so i think in general he did fine. i don't think his demeanor, i don't think he was checking his watch. i think why last night was important was because of how well governor romney performed and has a political analyst, and not putting on my partisan hack, when you watch sports games you can tell in football games of the team is running every play through the first half. then they try to establish the run. even i can figure that out. oh he is going to try to establish
people to see a lot or go for one i think both of them clearly, mitt romney became fired up and ready to go as somebody might say and obama almost look like george h. w. bush checking his watch. >> i don't think we saw the same debate. i don't think it -- i don't think the precedence demeanor was especially whatever, checked out. he talked longer than mitt romney so clearly he was engage. >> no look, i think why the analysis of the debate is the way it is, from my perspective, not...
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the white house or the romney camp and republicans? >> well, i think that in some respects the administration made a mistake by going out ahead of having the knowledge and the facts. so that clearly they deserve some criticism. but the fact of the matter is that mr. romney has constantly jumped the gun here on criticizing the president who by all accounts, who by all accounts when it comes to dealing with terrorism has probably done job one better than any president before him, particularly the last president, george bush, when it came to taking out al qaeda operatives. and the fact of the matter is that we now have a new front in north africa against al qaeda. so the administration is going to have to focus far more resources there than before. they've been focused in iraq, they've been focused in al qaeda in the arabian peninsula. but what's happening in mali and eastern libya, and the fact that perhaps the administration needs to refocus its energies on securing the victory that they want to claim victory for in libya, this is more
the white house or the romney camp and republicans? >> well, i think that in some respects the administration made a mistake by going out ahead of having the knowledge and the facts. so that clearly they deserve some criticism. but the fact of the matter is that mr. romney has constantly jumped the gun here on criticizing the president who by all accounts, who by all accounts when it comes to dealing with terrorism has probably done job one better than any president before him,...
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romney's got to separate himself from that. he's got to have his own laundry list of things he's prepared to do to focus like a laser beam on the economy. to really persuade americans who you could argue want a reason to change presidents but are not comfortable in doing so just yet. always tough to beat an incumbent. >> david gregory with meet the press. thank you very much for joining us. >> thank you. >> you can watch "meet the press" later on on channel 11 right here at 10:00 following 11 news at 9. now for a look at this morning's top stories. the o's back in first place with the al east. we'll be talking about some children's books making an unexpected appearance there. she's excited about the o's, too. manny machado. he led the charge against the red sox, driving in the first run of the game in the second inning then breaking a tie in the seventh with a home run. the o's win 4-3. the two are now tied for first in the the division. orioles play their final home game of the regular season this afternoon. >>> preparations a
romney's got to separate himself from that. he's got to have his own laundry list of things he's prepared to do to focus like a laser beam on the economy. to really persuade americans who you could argue want a reason to change presidents but are not comfortable in doing so just yet. always tough to beat an incumbent. >> david gregory with meet the press. thank you very much for joining us. >> thank you. >> you can watch "meet the press" later on on channel 11 right...
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. >> reporter: romney pointed to another round of weak economic numbers and warned his american legion audience of devastating job losses if leemg defense spending cuts go through. >> the impact will be immediate and significant right here in virginia. 136,000 jobs will be lost in virginia as a result of this move. >> reporter: with less than 40 days to go, both men are speaking directly to voters. the president's team releasing this new ad that feels like a campaign closing argument. >> with you if i can sit down with you, in your living room or around the kitchen table, here's what i'd say. >> reporter: voters are now weighing in with more than half the country, 30 states in all, already having started to cast their ballot. and you really can't overestimate the importance of early voting this go-round. in 2008 it was nearly a third of all voters, savannah, that cast their ballots before election day. this year that number is expected to rise to as much as 40%, and today when michelle obama goes out to the university of northern iowa, she will be giving a speech, but it's not just a s
. >> reporter: romney pointed to another round of weak economic numbers and warned his american legion audience of devastating job losses if leemg defense spending cuts go through. >> the impact will be immediate and significant right here in virginia. 136,000 jobs will be lost in virginia as a result of this move. >> reporter: with less than 40 days to go, both men are speaking directly to voters. the president's team releasing this new ad that feels like a campaign closing...
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the obama campaign is fighting back saying romney's allies are trying to distract from romney's secretly taped remarks about 47% of americans that don't pay federal income taxes. you can watch tonight's debate live starting 9:00 eastern, 6:00 pacific here on nbc. >>> former penn state graduate assistant mike mcqueary filed suit against the university for defamation and misrepresentation. mcqueary's account that he witnessed jerry sandusky showering with a boy in 2001 helped bring the charges that led to the former assistant football coach's conviction. mcqueary is seeking millions in damages alleging that the university mistreated him after the sandusky abuse scandal surfaced. penn state is not commenting on the complaint. >>> the latest search for jimmy hoffa turned up nothing but dirt. they searched a backyard where a credible tipster said the man could have been buried years ago. soil samples showed no traces of hoffa or other human remains. he was last seen summer of 1975, 30 miles from the site of the latest tip. >>> the birth rate dropped but only by 1%, suggesting the weak economy
the obama campaign is fighting back saying romney's allies are trying to distract from romney's secretly taped remarks about 47% of americans that don't pay federal income taxes. you can watch tonight's debate live starting 9:00 eastern, 6:00 pacific here on nbc. >>> former penn state graduate assistant mike mcqueary filed suit against the university for defamation and misrepresentation. mcqueary's account that he witnessed jerry sandusky showering with a boy in 2001 helped bring the...
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. >> reporter: romney pointed to another round of weak economic numbers and warned his american legion audience of devastating job losses if leemg defense spending cuts go through. >> the impact will be immediate and significant right here in virginia. 136,000 jobs will be lost in virginia as a result of this move. >> reporter: with less than 40 days to go, both men are speaking directly to voters. the president's team releasing this new ad that feels like a campaign closing argument. >> with you if i can sit down with you, in your living room or around the kitchen table, here's what i'd say. >> reporter: voters are now weighing in with more than half the country, 30 states in all, already having started to cast their ballot. and you really can't overestimate the importance of early voting this go-round. in 2008 it was nearly a third of all voters, savannah, that cast their ballots before election day. this year that number is expected to rise to as much as 40%, and today when michelle obama goes out to the university of northern iowa, she will be giving a speech, but it's not just a s
. >> reporter: romney pointed to another round of weak economic numbers and warned his american legion audience of devastating job losses if leemg defense spending cuts go through. >> the impact will be immediate and significant right here in virginia. 136,000 jobs will be lost in virginia as a result of this move. >> reporter: with less than 40 days to go, both men are speaking directly to voters. the president's team releasing this new ad that feels like a campaign closing...
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you have the romney campaign in a position where they need a game-changing moment. then you have the obama campaign saying this is just another moment for us to have another conversation with the american people. that is a downplaying of the expectations. >> you have been reporting about the separation is taking place for months, most notably when mitt romney was down during the democratic convention. who is helping mitt romney and who is helping president obama? >> mitt romney is being held by a bunch of people. you have senator robb portman playing the role of barack obama. it is his job to get under romney's scan the way they expect obama to get under romney's skin. on the obama side, you have two white house veterans who are running the debate prep for president obama. you have senator john kerry, who has been there himself. >> what happens during these mock debates? >> they do not talk a lot about what happens during these. what they try to do is try to set a situation that is as realistic as possible for the actual debate. they do it at the same time and night
you have the romney campaign in a position where they need a game-changing moment. then you have the obama campaign saying this is just another moment for us to have another conversation with the american people. that is a downplaying of the expectations. >> you have been reporting about the separation is taking place for months, most notably when mitt romney was down during the democratic convention. who is helping mitt romney and who is helping president obama? >> mitt romney is...
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mittens last knight >> romney: under the president's policies the middle income americans have been crushed. this is a tax and of itself. i call it the economy tax. it has been crushing. at the same time gasoline prices have doubled under the president, electric rates are up, food prices are up health care costs have gone up by $2,500 a family. middle income families have been crushed. the question is how to get it going again. >> stephanie: some of those numbers he just pulled directly from his arse. and by the way who cares more about the middle class than mitt romney. [ bell chimes ] [ applause ] >> those 47% voters. >> stephanie: exactly. let's go to richard in chicago. hi, richard. >> caller: what i wanted him to say when that came to the discussion -- >> stephanie: oh, i think he is -- >> he is talking with someone else. >> stephanie: corky in new york. welcome. >> caller: hello. yeah, i think y'all is miscalculating. obama has to stay cool because we have the jobs report coming out friday, and it will take this debate right off of the front page. 162,000 new jobs created which may ta
mittens last knight >> romney: under the president's policies the middle income americans have been crushed. this is a tax and of itself. i call it the economy tax. it has been crushing. at the same time gasoline prices have doubled under the president, electric rates are up, food prices are up health care costs have gone up by $2,500 a family. middle income families have been crushed. the question is how to get it going again. >> stephanie: some of those numbers he just pulled...